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Achnanthes Bory Sensu Stricto (Bacillariophyta) from Terrestrial Habitats of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with Description of Achnanthes pseudoinflata sp. nov.

by
Mateusz Rybak
1,
Łukasz Peszek
1,*,
Łukasz Skoczylas
2,
Teresa Noga
3,
Luc Ector
4 and
Carlos E. Wetzel
4
1
Department of Agroecology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Land Management and Environmental Protection, University of Rzeszów, Zelwerowicza 8B, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland
2
Wielicka 42C/93, 30-552 Kraków, Poland
3
Department of Soil Studies, Environmental Chemistry and Hydrology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Land Management and Environmental Protection, University of Rzeszów, Zelwerowicza 8B, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland
4
Environmental Research and Innovation Department (ERIN), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 41 rue du Brill, L-4422 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Diversity 2020, 12(10), 375; https://doi.org/10.3390/d12100375
Submission received: 12 August 2020 / Revised: 25 September 2020 / Accepted: 27 September 2020 / Published: 29 September 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Taxonomy, Ecology and Biogeography of Diatoms)
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Abstract

The aim of the present work was to present the ecological and morphological characteristics of species from the genus Achnanthes Bory sensu stricto, which develops in terrestrial mosses near the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden, Brazil. A literature comparison was made with other similar species, including the LM and SEM analysis of original material bearing Achnanthes inflata (Kützing) Grunow housed at the Grunow Collection in Vienna, and data from the available literature. Samples were collected from clumps of moss growing on tree trunks, and from a concrete wall within the botanic garden. Four taxa from the genus Achnanthes were recorded: A. coarctata, A. inflata var. gibba, A. mauiensis and Achnanthes pseudoinflata sp. nov. The main morphological differences between these taxa were cell dimensions (length and width), striae and areolae density. The most common diatom species found in these samples were Humidophila sp. (90%), Humidophila contenta (74.8%), Luticola moreirae (17.9%), and Achnanthes pseudoinflata sp. nov. (7.4%).
Keywords: terrestrial environment; taxonomy; mosses; SEM description; tropical biodiversity terrestrial environment; taxonomy; mosses; SEM description; tropical biodiversity
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Rybak, M.; Peszek, Ł.; Skoczylas, Ł.; Noga, T.; Ector, L.; Wetzel, C.E. Achnanthes Bory Sensu Stricto (Bacillariophyta) from Terrestrial Habitats of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with Description of Achnanthes pseudoinflata sp. nov. Diversity 2020, 12, 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12100375

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Rybak M, Peszek Ł, Skoczylas Ł, Noga T, Ector L, Wetzel CE. Achnanthes Bory Sensu Stricto (Bacillariophyta) from Terrestrial Habitats of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with Description of Achnanthes pseudoinflata sp. nov. Diversity. 2020; 12(10):375. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12100375

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Rybak, Mateusz, Łukasz Peszek, Łukasz Skoczylas, Teresa Noga, Luc Ector, and Carlos E. Wetzel. 2020. "Achnanthes Bory Sensu Stricto (Bacillariophyta) from Terrestrial Habitats of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with Description of Achnanthes pseudoinflata sp. nov." Diversity 12, no. 10: 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12100375

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Rybak, M., Peszek, Ł., Skoczylas, Ł., Noga, T., Ector, L., & Wetzel, C. E. (2020). Achnanthes Bory Sensu Stricto (Bacillariophyta) from Terrestrial Habitats of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with Description of Achnanthes pseudoinflata sp. nov. Diversity, 12(10), 375. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12100375

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